#fleshgait
Rusalka is my horror boy, he's a fleshgait that wears the skin of one of my other chars brothers. He hides under the guise of a doctor, working to 'help and heal people.' Instead he kills patients eating their insides and claiming their skins & organs for his own. He can also mimic voices to lure.
November 17, 2024 at 11:31 PM
you could just use the fleshgait instead of being culturally insensitive, but ok, white demon
October 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A fleshgait is more intrusive. You know Bob, you have memories of drinking schnapps and playing tekken with him in college. Last year you visited him in the hospital and- oh oops, Bob doesn't exist
April 29, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Of the classic cryptids, I'm a big fan of the wampus cat. But the Fouke Monster is a close second.

Of the new cryptids, I think the fleshgait/goatman/rake (they're all the same thing, right?) is the creepiest.
February 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
my beautiful angel pubert that was eaten by a fleshgait
#PEAK
August 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What would be more terrifying: running into a crawler on a hiking trail, or being in a broken down car that has been noticed by a fleshgait
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
The term "fleshgait" was coined ostensibly for that reason, but I'll let you be the judge of whether that's any better.
February 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
proto-steljek fleshgait reminiscence.
November 22, 2024 at 1:45 AM
“fleshgait” just sounds like the temu version of the skinwalker
March 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
fleshgait part 1
August 4, 2023 at 4:25 AM
Personally, I'd suggest swapping out the label of Wendigo for a monster of European folklore origin (Barghest, Hellhound, Leshy) or even an original modern monster (Fleshgait or Skulldog) in the interest of cultural sensitivity.
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It's to keep you safe in the event of being trapped in a cabin in the woods and harangued by a doppelgänger or a fleshgait.
March 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Oops he's a fleshgait now. Or would it be a furgait?
November 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
July 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
EXACTLYYYYY.

I hit my character limit though.

Same with sk*nwalkers, but at least that has a similar creature (fleshgait) that aren't tied to a very specific native culture and their plights at the hand of white colonists.
July 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I like to imagine that George Costanza is in the very center of the spectrum between goatman and fleshgait.

He could slide into your friend group and all of you will have a single extremely vague memory of him like "oh yeah he lived on my couch last year"
April 29, 2024 at 4:55 PM
How this thing looked a week ago vs how it looks rn after a much needed redesign. This is my lancer OC FleshGait. It’s gonna have a scythe and two long arms coming out of the back. I love the bio mechanical mecha a lot so I want something that kinda does that
October 18, 2024 at 9:44 AM
NEW! Episode of #CreepCast

Fleshgait | Creep Cast

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Fleshgait | Creep Cast
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July 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
fleshgait part 2
August 4, 2023 at 4:25 AM
Fleshgait-Miku
October 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
to add, i often think of skinstealer/fleshgait/skinwalker wooyoung. he's a lil freak and think he'd be perfect as that kind of creature. weird, buggy eyes that are also beady. limbs just a little too disproportionate, just enough to raise alarms. stares way too fucking much. drools + twitchy lips
October 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Honestly, I think the Fleshgait is just a ghoul. But Crawlers are only really dangerous in groups, so the Fleshgait.
November 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Same thing with sk*nw*lkers, those are a creature SUPER SPECFIC to Navajo mythology and the Navajo hate talking about them for a reason.

Use the term Fleshgait, it's the coined term for similar creatures that aren't connected to Navajo folklore.
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
signs you can use to determine if an animal is an unshifted Fleshgait:

1.) these creatures often appear confused, move erratically, and show little to no fear.

2.) they may have uncharacteristic displays of intelligence, such as understanding spoken commands.

3.) They appear when you're alone.
October 18, 2024 at 6:08 PM